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TL/DR - The Inflation Reduction Act, with its nearly $370 billion allocation for climate and clean energy, is expected to significantly reduce U.S. emissions in the power and transportation sectors. However, a survey found that 71% of Americans know little or nothing about the bill, with 57% disapproving of President Biden's handling of climate…

TL/DR - The Community Foundation of Marquette County (CFMC) has administered $20k in grants from the Holman Family Fund to three area organizations. The beneficiaries include Bay Cliff Health Camp, which received $5k in memory of Dr. Tom Huffman, Michigamme-Spurr EMS/Fire Department, which received $5k for a search and rescue boat, and Superior…

TL/DR - Florida Governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis defended his call to ban pro-Palestinian groups from state colleges as Israel expanded its ground offensive in Gaza. His Republican rival, Vivek Ramaswamy, insisted that such a move would violate the First Amendment rights of the students, but DeSantis pushed back stating…

TL/DR - Robert Marion, 67, of Grand Rapids has been charged with open murder for the fatal stabbing of Esther Claxton on October 26. The Kent County Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled Claxton’s death a homicide, and investigators believe the stabbing was the result of an argument between the two, who had been in a longstanding domestic…